The Power of Hades (The Hades Trials, #1)

by Eliza Raine

Unfortunately, my type was the effortlessly cool, ripped jeans, oily t-shirt, totally-distracted-by-something-stereo-typically-male-like-fixing-or-building-things guy.

'Right,' I said, flexing my fingers. 'Well, in that case, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that you are a colossal prick.'

'I like it when you swear,' Skop said as he jumped up beside me. 'Feisty women are just my type.' 'Not now, Skop. I am seriously not in the mood. I thought you were here to cheer me up.' 'I am. Would you like me to take a shit in one of his shoes?' A bark of laughter escaped my lips.

'I doubt that. He just told me never to talk to him again.' 'Which is angry-man-god-speak for: I'd very much like to have sex with you.'

'It wasn't always like this. It was before you came, and it was again after you left. But when you were here...' His eyes bore into mine. 'You brought light, and life, to a place where I thought none could exist.'